3 Things That Happen Before A Prisoner Is Hanged
The primary means of execution in the U.S. have been hanging, electrocution, the gas chamber, firing squad, and lethal injection.
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Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution ("being on death row"), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists
The Supreme Court has never found a method of execution to be unconstitutional, though some methods have been declared unconstitutional by state courts. The predominance of lethal injection as the preferred means of execution in all states in the modern era may have put off any judgment by the Court regarding older methods.
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Today we take a look at three steps before a prisoner is executed:
1. Last meal is provided - Prisons try to provide whatever meal is requested by the condemned prisoner.
2. Warden and chaplain visit - The warden and the state-appointed chaplain visit with the inmate and stay until the end of the execution.
3. Witnesses arrive - There is no contact allowed between witnesses and the condemned prisoner.
